Roman Catholics: Soft Line on Contraception

The Pope's encyclical against contraception is continuing to meet
remarkable resistance from Catholics
on all levels of the church. A sharp reminder of that fact occurred
when Pat rick Cardinal O'Boyle was the speaker at the Sunday noon Mass
at St. Mat thew's Cathedral in Washington. Instead of delivering a
sermon, he entered the pulpit to read a pastoral letter that, it had
been announced in advance, would exhort the faithful to obey the
encyclical. As O'Boyle began to speak, about 400 worshipers, roughly
one-third of the congregation, rose and walked out of the church.
Despite this stunning...